Fishing at Lac Delorme, County of St. Paul No. 19, Alberta

• Overview

  Set in County of St. Paul No. 19, Alberta, this is Lac Delorme. Around the bank it is northern bush. It measures about 17 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The edge runs 1.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Some 13 km away sits St. Paul, the nearest settlement. It is 157 km to Edmonton, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Delorme

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for County of St. Paul No. 19 include yellow perch, Iowa darter, northern pike and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac Delorme the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -16°C on the long-run figures. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Lac Delorme by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Lac Flammand, 4 km out. Nothing on Lac Delorme should be assumed from this page alone.